overhaul vs streamline

overhaul

verb
  • To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely. 

  • To search (a ship) for contraband goods. 

  • To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs. 

  • To pass, overtake, or travel past. 

noun
  • A major repair, renovation, or revision. 

  • The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure for signs of hot spots that may cause the structure to reignite. Often this includes the process of salvage under the blanket term, salvage and overhaul. 

streamline

verb
  • To modernise. 

  • To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid. 

  • To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency. 

noun
  • On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind. 

  • A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow. 

How often have the words overhaul and streamline occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )